CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
COMMUNITY CENTER, MAIN HALL, 1249 MARIN AVENUE
MONDAY, MAY 4, 2009
CLOSED SESSION
7:00 p.m.
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
Closed session to discuss labor negotiations pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Negotiator: Glenn Berkheimer, IEDA; Beth Pollard, City Administrator.
Employee Organization: SEIU, Local 1021
Approved Minutes
7:30 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. ROLL CALL
3. REPORT ON ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION, IF ANY
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
(Consent Calendar items are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. By approval of the Consent Calendar, the staff recommendations will be adopted unless otherwise modified by the City Council. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a Council Member or a member of the audience requests removal of the items from the Consent Calendar.)
4-1. Minutes, Council Meeting of Monday, April 20, 2009.
Staff recommendation: Approve.
4-2. Schedule one-year review of Ordinance #08-03, Prohibiting Smoking in or around workplaces, recreational areas, and other places for the City Council meeting of May 18, 2009.
Staff recommendation: Schedule review.
5. GOOD OF THE CITY/PUBLIC FORUM/ANNOUNCEMENTS
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6. PRESENTATION
6-1. Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation to volunteers working with the youth in Albany.
6-2. Present Proclamation – Older Americans’ Month, May 2009.
Proclamation
6-3. Information on Swine Flu prevention, precautions and response plans (oral report)
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7-1. Nine months Fiscal Year 2008-09 Financial Statements and Projection.
7-1A Staff Report
7-2B Financial Statements
Staff Recommendation: Information Only.
7-2. Authorize Design, Preparation of Plans, and Calling for Bids for Repair and Modifications to the Community Center Tower.
7-2A Staff Report
7-2B Designs
Planning & Zoning Staff Commission Recommendation: That the City Council maintain the tower as designed, incorporating repairs and changes suggested by WJE, project architects. The Commission also expressed support for weather-proofing the top of the tower with the installation of divided light windows in the opening in the side and a roof on the top, to the extent that the schedule and budget can accommodate the additional changes.
Staff Recommendation: That Council authorize preparing final plans and specifications and calling for bids for the repair project, incorporating the installation of windows and a roof as suggested by the Commission, if the project architects concur that this could be a structural and/or water-proofing benefit to the tower or building, if it does not significantly delay the project schedule, and if that modification does not exceed $50,000.
8. NEW BUSINESS
9. OTHER BUSINESS, REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED, ANNOUNCEMENT OF EVENTS/FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.
9-1. “Green Albany Day” with educational workshops, green businesses and environmental organizations to offer assistance and tools to help reduce Albany’s carbon footprint is Sunday, May 17, 2009, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Veterans Memorial Building, 1325 Portland Avenue.
(Council and staff announcements: Council Member reports on State, regional and local boards, commissions and committees to which they are appointed by the City Council; Council Member announcement of requests for future agenda items. No public comment will be taken on announcement of future agenda items).
10. ADJOURNMENT
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